Gram lives in the shadow cast by his father, the late-Dorian Thornbear. Struggling to find his place in a world where men of might and main no longer seem necessary, he must make his own mark. Within Castle Cameron, Gram faces both love and tragedy. His choices will define him and serve to remind others of his family’s legacy, and the reason only a fool threatens those a Thornbear protects.

Traveling to Dunbar to discover the fate of her vanished father, Moira must face the darker aspects of her power. Forced to fight a foe unlike anything seen before in Lothion, she will learn the reason for the warnings her mother’s shade gave her—why certain abilities should never be used and some lines never crossed—for some doors once opened, might never be closed again.

Matthew is the first human wizard to possess the true heritage of the Illeniels, a secret gift no one fully understands. Alone, he travels to another world, seeking the source of their mysterious enemies. There he will discover the origin of their ancient foe, the mysteries of the past, and possibly the future of humanity.
In the search for knowledge, some doors, once opened, can never be closed.